Invisible Man
Why do you think Mr. Norton gives Trueblood $100 in Invisible Man
chapter two
chapter two
Trueblood leaves but decides to return and take responsibility for his actions. He learns that he has impregnated both his wife and daughter. As a result, the black community in town scorns him whereas the white community supports him more than they ever had earlier. Norton gives him a hundred dollar bill and he and the narrator leave with Norton asking the narrator to find him some whiskey as he is feeling ill. I think Norton represents the white sentiment that supports Trueblood because of his sincerity while at the same time supporting his subjection as a part of a lesser race.
Mr. Norton sounded like he was describing a wife and not a daughter when he spoke of the dead girl. Maybe he gave him money as a gesture of admiration.
The invisible man. Unabridged